Protective cover for automobile storage batteries



Oct.21,1952 R. c. HALL ETAL 2,614,598

PROTECTIVE COVER FOR AUTOMOBILE STORAGE BATTERIES Filed May 5, 1951 RAYE- MOC kana] RQBE T C. HALL W6 M ATTOENEVS "engine and attached partstheyinvariabl pauses; severe "acid burn Patented Oct. 21, 1952 WEB FORAssumin E BATTERIES ellenver, 13.91011 iii lieit on mvft,1ah s nilinoza4i8ioi Thisinve'rition reiatestaimprovementeimsm- 't'ective "covers for aiitomobile=istdrage batteries. At-present it isbustoinai y toposition the stor- "age batteries for the ignition and l ig;

of automobiles in theehgi'nebomp jacenr to the engine and dnder the e'Stjoragebatteries so positioned are re'e v sible for servic ng-arid ti;t thi's' eX- tent the present practice s-"d fable. H

"Automobile mechanics on th t n'they 'are engaged in the inspection;testing-enema It? the "workman has his "sleeveslfrolled; "then the acidcoming into 'bb'll'ljai lli'fwith th' are kin Th'e'gpositio thebatteries'makes"it"difiiculfito er them litlifan ordinary rubber orotneraci lsistant'h itnal "and as a result the worknia or mechanic takesa chance of injuring himself or damaging his clothes. It is the objectof the invention to produce a blanket or cover of rubber or other acid tngsystems resistant material such as plastic, which is so out or shapedthat it can easily be applied to an automobile battery and folded aboutit in such a manner that it will effectively shield it from contact withthe mechanics clothes or body.

In order to explain the invention and the mannor in which it is used,reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing in which theinvention has been illustrated and its manner of use shown byappropriate figures, which will now be briefly described.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view looking down onto the engine andbattery, showing one of the several relative positions of the engine andbattery.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the battery showing the same with theprotective blanket in place thereon.

Figure 3 is an end elevation looking in the direction of arrow 3 in Fig.2.

Figure 4 is an elevational view of the side of the battery farthest fromthe engine.

ii'ie re'l fii is endtleyationtlobk na, imthegdiirection of arrow. 5 iniFfige iiFigurejfi-isaan elevational-iviewtdhthersid 1A0- i tn ,engineandy looking.inithe dinectzenao ar ow 6 Fig,;5.and

v igure, '1 'showsaa ideyelopmen t ,of thei blanket. "'In he (drawin -te isi b tsmen-d s gnate by letteri E1"and the 'batteryiby Bait.'TIhebattery ground F connectionjhas Lbeen ,fldesignate dgby.

andthebatterycableibj'C.

"will be seen that the; acid resistant blanl; which preferably made fromIlat rzalorsyntheticrub- ;beror, somesiiitable' plastiehavling'si-rnilarproperties, comprises tw'oi rectangular; sectional and B. that are.integrally.Lconnectedgalongfiot, and "dash" line wan .tangle outlined.

fiiia ia efllby' a.,'sT1t l (I. Thereoyidottand ldash lines representsthe oiitlineof tn' ...mp 'offthebattery to recovered and the;line's-'designatd by dashes represent fold lin s...

Pa t- A; has in egr l n ected, with. it a ong tne-lowernash anddot.line,.af., ban .1: that has i s; ends. 19 dficmiithe; r mainintearing'ajtthe fDUintS.

"Band 12"is'iprovidediiwith numberioij equally cord I1 is threaded. Thecord is knotted at 18 or otherwise attached to the blanket to prevent itfrom being accidentally pulled out. If the material is thin, holes I6may be suitably reinforced.

Let us now assume that a battery having an outline like that indicatedby the dash and dot rectangle in Fig. '7, is to be covered. That part ofthe blanket bounded by the dash and dot rectangle which has beendesignated by reference number 19, is positioned over the top of thebattery after which the rectangular portion B is folded down along theleft hand end of the battery when viewed as in Fig. 1. The battery cable0 is positioned in slit ll near the reinforcing member IS. The band 12is folded downward along the outward facing wall of the battery as shownin Figs-2 and 4. That part of the blanket comprising the rectangularportions numbered 20 and 2| are then bent downward along the broken line22. That part of rectangle B beyond line 23 is then folded against theinner wall of the battery and held there temporarily while the tworectangular portions 2| and 24 are folded along lines 22 and 26 and thefold represented by line 2 2 pushed upward between the battery wall andshown. It is, of course, evident that blankets can be designed for anysize of battery and that any one size will usually serve for severalsizes. 9

What we claim as new is: 1. An acid-resistant protective blanket for usein covering an automobile storage battery or the like, to prevent aworkmans clothes from coming into contact with the electrolyte Iwhileeffecting- I repairs, said blanket comprising a single sheet of materialformed from two rectangular portions of different sizes, one edge of thetwo portions being in alignment the larger rectangular portion having awidthirom the common aligned edges, slightly greater than the width ofthe battery to be covered plus the height of the battery,

4 the blanket having a narrow band-like portion along the common edges,the band being integral with the larger rectangular portion only for adistance at least as long as the length of the battery to be covered,the band being arranged to be turned down along the other side of thebattery, and an acid-resistant cord attached to the band of a length tosurround the battery and to'hold the cover in place thereon.

3. A'blanket of acid-resisting material for use in covering anautomobile storage battery to protect a workmans clothes from contactwith the suriaceof the battery casing, the blanket con- .sisting of asheet having two integral rectangular portions of different sizes andhaving one edge of each in alignment, the larger portion having a widthslightly larger than the width'of the and a length slightly greater thanthe length'of the battery plus the height thereof, the smallerrectangular portion having a-width greater'than thewidth of" the batteryand foldable about one end and a portion of one side thereof, thelarger.

rectangular portion covering the'top of theibattery, one end and saidside thereof, there being a band along the aligned edgesintegral withthe blanket for a distance at least as great as the length of thebattery, and a cord'of. acid-resistant, material attached to the band,the cord having a length sufiicient to surround the battery to hold thefolded blanket in place'thereon. i

2. A flexible blanket of acid-resistant material for use in coveringan'auto'mobile storage battery and the like, to protect a workm ans'clothes from 'coming into contact with acid on the outer surface of thebattery, said blanket having two rectangular portions of unequal'sizesarranged with one edge of each in alignme'nt, the larger portion beingof suficient size to cover the. top, one end and one side of thebattery, the smaller portion being of a size to cover the other end anda por- -tion of the side covered by the" larger portion,

battery plus the height of the battery and a length slightly greaterthan the length of the battery plus the height thereof, the smallerrectangular portion having a width slightly greater -than the width ofthe battery, the common edge having a band-integral with the largerrectangular portion for a distance at least as great as the lengthof thebattery, the larger rectangular portion being of sufficient size tocover the top. one end and one side ofthe battery, the blanket beingfoldableto cover the upper portion of the other side, the smallerrectangular portion being of a size to cover the other end of thebattery and lap a portion of the side covered by the larger portion,andan acid-resistant cord carried by -the;band, of sufficient length tosurround the -battery to hold the blanket in folded position thereon. v

, ROBERT C; HALL.

RAY E. MOCK.

7 g "Q EF EREN ES CITED The followingfreferences are of record in thefile of: this patent: I

V .UNITED STATES PATENTS in i t I 'Name Date 'Be. '10,450 Kraemer Feb.26, 1884 j 1,648,612; "Evans Nov. 8, 1927 1,669,616 Johnson May 15, 19281,737,184 -Altheimer Dec. 30, 1930 1,985,008 ,Altheimer Dec. 18, 1934Williams NOV. 15, 1949

